Comments for NP/DDD/0318/0173 (ref: NP/DDD/0318/0173)

Name: Kenneth Berry Address: 4 Audrey Cottages, Little Edge, Eyam, Hope Valley Postcode: S32 5RN

Type of comment: Objection Comments: I strongly object to this application for the reasons I set out below:-

1. Access for Emergency vehicles. The current parking in Little Edge is severely limited. This has meant on a number of occasions that ambulances have not been able to negotiate Little Edge to attend emergencies of residents in Audrey Cottages and Hydon House.

2. Parking for residents. The osteopathy centre has no off street parking. The current operation is between 4/5 days a week with limited opening hours. The proposal is to be open 7 days a week, 12 hours a day. The application states that 12 hours opening is normal at the moment - this is not the case! as i note as a resident passing regularly.

The current parking in Little Edge and Main Road is currently severely limited for residents due to properties in the area used as holiday homes and other local existing businesses parking their cars and business vehicles in Little Edge and Main Road.

3. Parking for staff. The proposed new business expansion indicates employing unto 6 staff and a significant increase in the size of the business property by at least 300%. The application states that there is no private parking and that staff will be asked to park in the public parking around the corner. This public parking is some 250 yards away. Whilst the staff may be asked to park in the public parking this is not guaranteed.

Eyam is a tourist attraction. In the summer period the public car park is often full. Where will it be proposed for staff and patients to park?

4. Parking for patients. The proposal refers to remedial treatment from severe debilitating conditions 'to relearn to walk safely after a stroke etc'. People with walking difficulties will find it difficult to walk 500 yards to and from the public car park, particularly as this involves going up and down 2 hill slopes each way. Therefore they will park as close as possible to the centre. I also note that this will include group sessions and baby and adult swim sessions as well as 1to1 sessions as is the current practice. This will significantly exaggerate the demands on parking in Little Edge and Main Road.

The application refers to enabling wheelchair access to the front of the barn. This will be direct onto the main road, immediately adjacent to a bus stop and shelter and a telecoms hub. This will cause a hazard and danger to patients alighting outside of the centre, a hazard to bus passengers alighting at the bus stop and a conflict where the telephone hub needs to be accessed by engineers. Please note that there is currently a single yellow line on all highway access around the centre.

The proposed change refers not only to a ground floor studio with various equipment but a 2nd floor with 2 treatment rooms and a waiting area. It must be assumed that all of this will create a significant increase in patient numbers and associated street traffic.

5. Public transport and utility vehicles. The amount of parking on Main Road already significantly impacts the transit of busses through the village. A bus stop is immediately outside of the osteopathy centre (both sides of the road). Any additional parking for the centre will create an additional hazard and danger to persons alighting/boarding busses.

Public utility vehicles (i.e. refuse collection vehicles) already have difficulty in proceeding up Little Edge to fulfil their function, as do delivery vehicles delivering parcels to the residents of Audrey Cottages, Hydon House and Little Edge.

6. Culvert and public utilities in Little Edge. Jumber Brook runs under Little Edge in a stone culvert which has been known to overflow on a number of occasions. There is already significant damage to the road surface in Little Edge which maybe caused by current traffic and water flow. Damage to this culvert caused by significant increased traffic could lead to flooding in Little Edge, Main Road and the properties therein. This will be exacerbated by additional traffic. The water supply to the properties in Little Edge is already low pressure. The implementation of the proposed application will only make this situation far worse, both in provision of water supply and drainage of water from the centre (i.e. hydrotherapy, pool etc).

7. Business plan viability. This plan seeks to treble the size of the business operation, provide new jobs and increase the number of patients. However, the plan states "I feel this turnover will be no different than what the clinic is currently being used". This is absolutely ridiculous given the proposed capital outlay and business expansion and additional 7 day operation!!!

Whilst I have no particular objection to the current operation, I think that an operation as proposed in the application should only be considered in a property which provides its own off street parking consistent with the size of the proposed operation and the nature of the patients.

Eyam is a small village and I can only assume that this increase in size is intended to encourage patients from outside of the village which must by the nature of the patients and distance of travel, incur numerous car journeys.

Given the extensive work proposed in the application and the location of the property, the work on the alterations are very likely to cause a major disruption for access to residents in Little Edge and Audrey Cottages and Hydon House, which could include denying access to their properties which is totally unacceptable.

8. Planning regulations. I have only been made aware of this application by chance, by a neighbour. I understand that the only notification posted up in the area, was a single notice on the main road across from the centre. This is not obvious or visible if driving into or up Little Edge. Does this comply with planning regulations? The residents in Little Edge (which is a small cul-de-sac) have not received any postal notification of this application. The residents in Audrey Cottages and Hydon House will be particularly affected by proposed application. I ask again does this comply with planning regulations?

Sent Sun 15/04/18 at 17:34